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Intergenerational Linking: Spotlight on One Good Turn led by Alive in Bristol
Alive have been running their Intergenerational Linking project known as One Good Turn since August 2020. Here’s some of the brilliant activities that have taken place over the past few months: Maps of Memory In Summer 2021, Alive launched the Maps of Memory initiative, ‘exploring Bristol across the generations.’ Young people across Bristol have been […]
READ MOREEvent: supporting positive relationships between managers and activity providers
We are really pleased to be working with NAPA on a project to support activity providers and care home managers. We’re gathering positive practice examples from managers and activity providers that describe how working together creates great outcomes for people who live, die, work in and visit care homes. The expertise shared with us will […]
READ MORECohort 3 of South London Care Home Pioneers graduate!
Congratulations to the care home managers and senior care home nurses in Cohort 3 of South London Care Home Pioneers for completing their leadership development programme! The Care Home Pioneers programme has been run by us at My Home Life England in partnership with the Health Innovation Network (HIN) since 2018. The graduation event for Cohort 3 […]
READ MOREPoem: “A Day in the Life” – A Home Manager’s Story
By Alena Petrie, Manager at Cambridge Court Care Home, Sefton A day in the life – A home manager’s story It is half past six, rise and shine, time to get ready for new day, Little face shouts mummy, I will see you later, okay? Arrive to work, get changed, spring in the step and […]
READ MORECelebrating the young people involved in Intergenerational Linking for #iwill week
This #iwill week we’re celebrating the positive difference that the young people involved in Care Home Friends and Neighbours: Intergenerational Linking have made to the lives of the older people living in their linked care homes. Our social action project – England’s largest intergenerational project – is connecting care homes to their local communities and both […]
READ MOREIntergenerational Linking in care homes: spreading joy and understanding across the generations
This article originally appeared in the September 2021 edition of Care Management Matters “I wanted to take part because I wanted the older generation in our community to know that we care about them.” Ellie from Bristol is one of many hundreds of children who, over the past year, have been connecting with older people […]
READ MOREHomer Simpson and other QI tools have an impact at Rodney House
Following a successful QI workshop as part of their My Home Life England Leadership and Development programme, Rodney House Care Home in Liverpool kindly sent us the following update on how they had put into practice some of the activities from the day and the impact it had. One of these QI tools was […]
READ MORENew London Social Care Leaders Programme launches
My Home Life England, together with Care Providers’ Voice, has launched a new London Social Care Leaders programme. 15 participants from across North East and North Central London are working together to support quality in their services and to support better strategic partnership-working with colleagues across the London Health and Social Care system. One participant […]
READ MOREThe FaNs Wishing Washing Line continues to bring joy to people in Essex care homes
Through FaNs (Friends and Neighbours) Network Essex, My Home Life Essex Community Association have continued to do brilliant work keeping people living in care homes across Essex connected to their local communities, despite the pandemic and its restrictions. We’ve spotlighted some wonderful success stories from the past few months, inspired by the Wishing Washing Line: […]
READ MOREHow care home teams minimised the impact of Covid-19 on people living with dementia in care homes
World Alzheimer’s Day 2022 At My Home Life England we are always learning about positive person-led approaches that support people living in care homes who have a form of dementia. We have had the privilege of working intensively with care home managers across the country during the pandemic, and this theme has shone through many […]
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